Recreation in Cedar Grove

The Cedar Gove area of Kings Canyon National Park is in my opinion one of the most scenic portions of the Sierra Nevada front-country (forest accessible by motor vehicles).  It is nestled in a canyon about an hour's drive from the park entrance, and is only open to visitors during the summer months.  Cedar Grove Village consists of four campgrounds and a lodge along the Kings River, and the windy, 6-mile drive to Road's End (the end of Highway 180) has many points of interest interspersed along it:

                                                                      Knapp's Cabin

                                                                         Canyon View

                                                                   Zumwalt Meadows

                                                          Zumwalt Meadows Trail

                                                                 Roaring River Falls

                                                                         Muir Rock

These points of interest require no hiking, but there are plenty of day hikes ranging from the Hotel Creek Trail which leads to an overlook of Cedar Grove:

The Don Cecil Trail, another semi-strenuous hike leading up to "lookout point":

The River Trail along the Kings River:

And the very popular Paradise Valley Trail leading to Mist Falls:

I have enjoyed all of these places many times during my seasons working in the area, and I annually spend time there every summer still, it just never gets boring.  To learn more about recreational opportunities available in the Cedar Grove area, visit this site here.